Doll bag



C. H. PAJEAU.

DOLL BAG.

APPLICATION FILED Aue.25.19zo.

1,407,165. Patented Feb. 21, 1922.

17 Venl'ar-L' 647 25 2 Cigar/e l /amf/o i Rjcau UNITED STATES CHARLES HAMILTGN PAJ'EAU, 0F EVANS'ION, ILLINOIS.

. DOLL BAG.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb, 21, 1922.

Application filed August 25, 1920. ScrlaiNo. 405,891.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES HAMILTON PAJEAU citizen of the United States, residing at l lvanston, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a D011 Bag; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to a convertible novelty for childrens use and in its general aspects aims to provide a combined doll figure and hand bag which can instantly be changed from one to another of numerous attractive forms; or in other words, toprovide a hand ba which will be readily reversible, which will maintain itself in upright position, which can be used as a hand-bag in either of two relatively reversedl positions, and which also can be converted into a doll with the bagging forming either a long skirt, or a sort of cap or a sleeping bag for the doll.

More particularly, my invention aims to provide a toy or novelty for childrens use consisting of the upper portion of a doll figure and having a flexible skirt so arranged that it can either form a skirt for the figure, or a cape for the same, or a hand-bag (which in turn may either expose or conceal the said figure portion) and in which the base of the figure portion may also serve as a stable base for the hand-bag (or for the doll with the cape) when set upon a horizontal surface. Still further and more detailed objects will appear from the following specification and from the accompanying drawin s, in whichig. l is an elevation of one embodiment of my invention, showin the same as it appears when used as a dolI.

Fig. 2 is an elevation of the same embodiment turned upside down and having the drawstrings tightened to afford a hand-bag.

Fig. 3 is an elevation of the same embodiment with the skirt portion turned inside out and with the drawstring tightened, so as to form a hand-bag practically concealing the doll figure portion.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of the doll figure portion of the illustrated embodiment of my invention, with adjacent portions of the skirt or bagging shown in dotted lines.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged and fragmentary section taken along the correspondingly numbered line in the Figure 1, and showing the openings in the material of the skirt which permit access to the drawstring from either the interior or the exterior of the skirt.

Fig. 6 is an elevation showing the bagging doubled upon itself to afford a cape for the doll figure.

Considered as a doll, the illustrated embodiment of my invention includes as a figure portion the torso, head and arms of a doll and this upper doll figure portion desirably consists of a pair of arms 1 connected by flexible cords 2 to a wooden turning comprising the said head and torso. The wooden turning of the torso desirably has a substantially fiat base 4: surmounted by a groove 5 affording a contracted waist portion. Tied around this waist portion by a cord 11 is the upper part of a skirt 6 which desirably has a ruching 7 extending upwards behind the said fastening of the skirt to the waist, so that this ruching may simulate the bodice of the doll. Near its other end, the skirt 6 is suitably equipped (as by cording) with a tubu-' lar portion 8 housing a drawstring 9, which drawstring is made accessible from both the interior and the exterior of the skirt by two pairs of openings 10 which pairs of openings desirably are diametrically opposite each other on the skirt. These openings preferably are so small as not to be noticeable, so that the object of my invention when used merely as a toy presents an appearance closely simulating an ordinary doll, as shown in Fig. 1.

However, by pulling out the drawstrings from the exterior of the skirt, the latter can readily be converted into a hand-bag which the child can use with the head and arms of the doll exposed (but inverted) after the manner of Fig. 2. Or, by pulling out the drawstrings from the interior of the skirt and turnin the skirt inside out, this skirt can be ma e to form a hand-bag substantially housing the doll figure portion while still leaving room within the bag for the carrying of other articles. When thus disposed, as in Fig. 3, the cloth of what was formerly the skirt of the doll forms a sleeping bag for the latter. Moreover, the base part 4 of the figure desirably projects below the bottom of the bagging so as to form a stable base for the hand bag when the latter is set on any horizontal surface, thereby increasing the attractiveness of this combination novelty. Or, by turning the skirt or latter purpose in mind, the skirting or bagging may desirably be of a cloth having different colors on its two sides.

However, while I have illustrated my invention in an embodiment in which the skirting is attached to a simulation of the upper portion of a figure of a girl, and as having the arms of the figure secured to the torso thereof by flexible cords, I do not wish to be limited to these or other details of the construction and arrangement as here disclosed. Obviously, numerous additions, omissions or changes might be made without departing from the spirit of my invention or from the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. A combined doll dress and hand bag including the figure of the upper part of a doll having a base formed to seat on a supporting surface in one position, a combined bag and skirt part secured at one end about the base and spaced from the outer face of said base, said bag and skirt part being reversible so that in one position the outer face of said base forms the bottom of a bag and with the doll figure depending from the said end of the bag and skirt part, and means to close the opposite end of the bag and skirt part, said means upon reversal of the skirt and bag part forming hand engaging means to carry the bag.

2. A combined doll dress and hand bag including the figure of the upper part of a doll having a base, a combined bag and skirt the bag and skirt part and located thereon so as to hold said opposite end of the bag about the neck of the doll figure.

3. A combined doll dress and hand bag including the figure of the upper part of a doll having a base, a combined bag and skirt part secured at one end about the base, said bag and skirt part in one position depending from the figure and being reversible so as to extend upwardly in encircling relation to the figure in a second position, the outer face of the base being formed to seat upright on a supporting surface in said second position of the figure, and a' draw string carried by the said opposite end of the bag and skirt part, and adapted in one position to hold said opposite end of the bag and skirt part'about the neck of the doll figure and in a second position to extend above the figure to serve as a hand engaging means to carry the bag.

4. A combined doll dress and hand bag including the figure of the upper part of a doll having a base with a free outer face formed to seat upright on' a supporting surface, and a combined bag and skirt secured at one end to said'figure slightly above the outer face of the base so that the latter forms a bottom for the bag in one position and in a second position and upon reversal of the bag the outer face of the base is exposed to seat upon a supporting surface.

Signed at Evanston, Illinois, August 17th,

CHARLES HAMILTON PAJEAU. 

